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JULY 2025

Week 29

Orient Aviation Daily Digest July 15, 2025

By Ryan Chase

 

News

HK Express heads to Kota Kinabalu

HK Express is adding a third nonstop route to Malaysia from November 27 with the opening of Hong Kong-Kota Kinabalu. Read More »


 


 

News

China Southern Airlines forecasts widened losses for interim 2025

China Southern Airlines (CSA) guidance said the airline will report net losses ranging from 1.338 billion yuan (US$187 million) to 1.756 billion yuan (US$245 million) for the six months to June 30. Read More »


 

News

AirAsia Indonesia cannot account for a single day surge in trading volumes

AirAsia Indonesia has told the Indonesia Stock Exchange it does not know why trading volumes in the LCC surged mid last week. Read More »


 

News

Vietjet adds Da Nang-Kuala Lumpur to Vietnam-Malaysia network

Vietjet will start daily nonstop Da Nang-Kuala Lumpur on October 26. Read More »


 

News

New Sydney Airport slot coordinator details first block of allocations

Airport Coordination Limited (ACL) has completed its first slot allocations for Sydney Airport after winning a three-year contract from the Australian government late last year. Read More »


 

News

Emirates Airlines and Etihad Airways upgrade cabin services on Kolkata route

Dubai-based Emirates Airline and Abu Dhabi-headquartered Etihad Airways have announced aircraft changes for flights to Kolkata. Read More »


 

People

China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co, parent of aircraft lessor, CDB Aviation, has nominated Liu Siqin as an independent non-executive director. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today’s briefs report news from Airbus, Air Niugini, Civil Aviation Administration of China and Elbe Flugzeugwerke. Read More »